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As a European, I feel eternally ashamed that the entire continent [and several other parts of the globe. I'm looking at you, Australia] never actually stands up
by Normille 6y ago
As a European, I feel eternally ashamed that the entire continent [and several other parts of the globe. I'm looking at you, Australia] never actually stands up against tyrants like the USA.
Just once it would be nice to hear "No!" as a response from Europe, instead of "How high?"
- mlindner 6y agoI think you've been listening to too much misinformation if you think the USA is actually a "tyrant". Maybe look toward your own government?
- Normille 6y agoThe biggest trick the USA has managed to pull is to convince so many impressionable people around the world that it's somehow "cool", "admirable" and a "freedom loving" place. In spite of: * Having had a system of apartheid in place up until the 1950s * Having been in conflict with <somebody> endlessly, since the end of WW2 * Having invaded or bombed more countries than any other nation on Earth * having the highest murder rate of any country outside of South Africa * Having the death penalty and the most brutal prison system of any western nation * Having the largest debt of any nation * Having the most violent paramilitary police force of any western nation * Flouting international laws and treaties, whenever it suits. etc.. etc.. If any other country in the world had a record a fraction as bad as the USA, it would be a pariah nation. But having the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world and keeping everyone else dependent on the mighty dollar seems to get you a non-expiring 'Get Out of Jail Free Card' You Americans really need to wake up and realise that you are just as much the "bad guy" as so many of the other countries you point the finger at --if not more so!
- peroporque 6y agoHaha, oh the Wumaodangs...